tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7743775917250773115.post801180499478924108..comments2019-05-25T16:22:58.077+01:00Comments on Quite Frankly She Said: #Bressure and #BrelfiesSianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12139643044836739933noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7743775917250773115.post-28510393602317927892015-06-12T16:35:49.600+01:002015-06-12T16:35:49.600+01:00Sadia: That&#39;s really great that you had positi...Sadia: That&#39;s really great that you had positive feelings even if you didn&#39;t breastfeed as long as your goal. I wish I had taken more photos too, especially as a newborn. It just goes so quickly though x<br /><br />Jane: I hope it changes in the future too. Though when I was pregnant with N I thought you were MEANT to stop at 6 months and start using follow on milk, because of the adverts of TV! Fortunately I soon found out the correct info xSianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12139643044836739933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7743775917250773115.post-89165141685933425482015-06-12T16:31:54.901+01:002015-06-12T16:31:54.901+01:00Exactly! I&#39;m glad to hear you didn&#39;t feel ...Exactly! I&#39;m glad to hear you didn&#39;t feel pressured either way xSianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12139643044836739933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7743775917250773115.post-67245131994496904612015-06-12T16:30:16.145+01:002015-06-12T16:30:16.145+01:00That is the point I&#39;m making - support all mot...That is the point I&#39;m making - support all mothers BUT not to the detriment of mothers that want to breastfeed. They don&#39;t have to be negative about breastfeeding in order to support a bottlefeeding mother. The negativity in the media, including the bressure campaign, is putting mothers off before they&#39;ve even had a chance xSianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12139643044836739933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7743775917250773115.post-29613002113883143362015-06-12T16:23:36.965+01:002015-06-12T16:23:36.965+01:00HVs were great, but here we don&#39;t see them unt...HVs were great, but here we don&#39;t see them until after baby is born, which is potentially too late for some mums. I&#39;m glad you had a positive experience xSianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12139643044836739933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7743775917250773115.post-48897816748877029752015-06-12T16:21:57.950+01:002015-06-12T16:21:57.950+01:00Thanks Kate. It&#39;s such a silly word xThanks Kate. It&#39;s such a silly word xSianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12139643044836739933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7743775917250773115.post-32901435770266980672015-06-12T16:21:20.650+01:002015-06-12T16:21:20.650+01:00It does indeed! xIt does indeed! xSianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12139643044836739933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7743775917250773115.post-21623814245616434002015-06-12T16:20:56.287+01:002015-06-12T16:20:56.287+01:00Thank you xThank you xSianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12139643044836739933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7743775917250773115.post-85741650330612690462015-06-12T16:16:48.577+01:002015-06-12T16:16:48.577+01:00Yep, you nailed it! Thank you for commenting xYep, you nailed it! Thank you for commenting xSianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12139643044836739933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7743775917250773115.post-37745331725933513012015-06-12T16:11:51.454+01:002015-06-12T16:11:51.454+01:00It is definitely the media! We read about it so mu...It is definitely the media! We read about it so much that we start to believe it must exist, when in reality it doesn&#39;t, or at least not for the vast majority. Thank you for commenting xSianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12139643044836739933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7743775917250773115.post-1531216969769457742015-06-12T15:37:24.003+01:002015-06-12T15:37:24.003+01:00Yes I agree with you there xYes I agree with you there xSianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12139643044836739933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7743775917250773115.post-82262777789823462942015-06-11T07:35:47.052+01:002015-06-11T07:35:47.052+01:00I get so many &#39;how long will you breastfeed fo...I get so many &#39;how long will you breastfeed for?&#39; Questions.. And if I say &#39;I&#39;m not sure, hopefully until he&#39;s 2 at least&#39; I get some very strange looks indeed. The WHO actually recommend all children are breastfed until at least 2. I&#39;m not sure why people see it weird to do it beyond 6 months! I guess because the majority of mums stop at 6 months? I hope this changes in the future Janenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7743775917250773115.post-88026893722674221232015-06-06T19:39:03.731+01:002015-06-06T19:39:03.731+01:00I didn&#39;t breastfeed as long as my goal, but he...I didn&#39;t breastfeed as long as my goal, but hearing others&#39; successes didn&#39;t discourage me. Quite the opposite! Seeing other women successfully breastfeed encouraged me, just as hearing other moms&#39; stories of breastfeeding failure made me feel less alone. Honestly, I wish I had more photos of myself nursing my twins. Thanks for linking with #TwinklyTuesday.Sadiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16780935759685443488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7743775917250773115.post-53010691984772869812015-06-02T19:46:16.119+01:002015-06-02T19:46:16.119+01:00It&#39;s madness. If we didn&#39;t post a picture ...It&#39;s madness. If we didn&#39;t post a picture everytime it might make someone feel bad, social media wouldn&#39;t exist. I feel lucky that I never felt pressure to breastfeed or not and felt the choice was mine. I want to see representations of all women.Moderate Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08494395272179422779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7743775917250773115.post-38459562817289925082015-06-02T17:52:59.114+01:002015-06-02T17:52:59.114+01:00I believe it is a very personal choice and some wo...I believe it is a very personal choice and some women may choose not to breastfeed at all for whatever reason and we should respect their decision. Equally, I think women who breastfeed should feel comfortable to do so wherever and whenever their baby needs it. I think us women need to support each other no matter how we choose (and some women have that choice taken from them) to feed our babies and just accept people&#39;s different life choices not try to pressure either way.Carly Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04125585549845785585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7743775917250773115.post-22765411818343920182015-06-02T17:22:29.095+01:002015-06-02T17:22:29.095+01:00I&#39;m surprised you weren&#39;t offered leaflets... I&#39;m surprised you weren&#39;t offered leaflets or advice/supported by your midwives and health visitors. I actually had a very different experience from you, I didn&#39;t hear too many negative stories about breastfeeding and watched as both my sisters breastfed, and never even considered bottle feeding (of course I would have if I couldn&#39;t physically do it) so I do sympathise. #twinklytuesday <br /><br />Carolyn <br />http://www.stylishmemories.com Carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02000315044720347711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7743775917250773115.post-46371862023814494952015-06-01T17:41:41.834+01:002015-06-01T17:41:41.834+01:00Hi Sian - I&#39;ve just found your blog and it&#39...Hi Sian - I&#39;ve just found your blog and it&#39;s lovely :) I couldn&#39;t agree with you more on this. I&#39;m not a fan of this kind of play on words at the best of times, but especially in this case. Guilt (in whatever form) is unavoidable as a mum and things like this aren&#39;t helping anyone.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15709965206400043264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7743775917250773115.post-6240297380319632022015-05-31T11:18:23.042+01:002015-05-31T11:18:23.042+01:00Human Beings are mammals and hence the mammary gla...Human Beings are mammals and hence the mammary glands people! So much for being an evolved species where nursing your new-born infant is frown upon, society sucks.Cosmichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16914679393048652782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7743775917250773115.post-78830616658525371082015-05-31T11:15:13.670+01:002015-05-31T11:15:13.670+01:00Well said, Sian!Well said, Sian!Cosmichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16914679393048652782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7743775917250773115.post-38251969451261909412015-05-30T13:52:51.362+01:002015-05-30T13:52:51.362+01:00Totally agree! Breastfeeding is not totally accep...Totally agree! Breastfeeding is not totally accepted or seen as normal (especially after a certain point) right now and the pictures are helping normalize it. That doesn&#39;t mean everyone has to breastfeed. It means if you want to nurse your child you should have support and be able to feel that it&#39;s normal. And not to mention- breastfeeding is an important part of my life right now and sometimes I want to share a picture of that. That&#39;s the motivation - not to make anyone else feel bad or pressure. Redhttp://ketchupisaveggie.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7743775917250773115.post-90712852396432827712015-05-30T10:20:33.456+01:002015-05-30T10:20:33.456+01:00Beautiful picture and so true. For me, breastfeedi...Beautiful picture and so true. For me, breastfeeding didn&#39;t work out. I didn&#39;t feel judged at all by breastfeeding mums for bottle feeding. No other mum I know personally has felt judged for bottle feeding. But all of the negative stories about breastfeeding women made me feel guilty, like I should expect to be judged. Even the doctors and health visitors who are instructed to promote breastfeeding didn&#39;t put me under any pressure once I&#39;d had my baby. They gave advice but didn&#39;t make me feel bad when I couldn&#39;t carry on. It irritates me how the media makes women feel guilty, whatever path they are taking. We&#39;re all just trying to do the best for our babies, we don&#39;t need any added pressure. XLoveFromCluelessMumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04900557198708727861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7743775917250773115.post-56571460872561294692015-05-29T19:28:18.658+01:002015-05-29T19:28:18.658+01:00I agree with you 100% . i never thought I would br...I agree with you 100% . i never thought I would breastfeed until I met my husband. Being Turkish he didn&#39;t know anything else and I am so glad. There is a shame to bf here in this country (ireland) and people are embarrassed to get their tits out, god knows they do it after a few drinks but I digress. I&#39;m so glad that I bf all 3 of mine till approx 9 mths. It wasn&#39;t without problems but it was a lovely, bonding experience without shame. I think people should have a certain amount of pressure to bf as that&#39;s a good thing... formula feeding should not be the norm (obv exceptions to those who can&#39;t for medical reasons)AislingOzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03679781107133832683noreply@blogger.com